![]() If you like, you can already pre-order the book in several online bookstores: Random House, Amazon (US), Amazon (UK), Barnes & Noble and iBooks. It has also been such a pleasure to work with our publisher and editor Kaitlin Ketchum at Ten Speed Press and with Elizabeth Stromberg, who did such a wonderful work creating the beautiful design of the book. ![]() It has been such a sweet journey with Anna developing the recipes, test baking (again and again), writing, editing and drawing it all. Sweden is a country with a very high coffee consumption rate and a well developed coffee break culture. They are new, adaptations or renditions of old classics, such as cardamom buns, pepparkakor, chokladbiskvier and skållat rågbröd. It can be called different words in different countries, but they all share the significance of sharing a bite to eat and drink. It is an essential part of the culture It serves not so much for the coffee and cake, but for the time for family, friends and co-workers. Forget IKEA and ABBA, the 4 most important letters you need to know in Sweden are FIKA. In Sweden, Fika is translated as coffee and cake break. Its the word for coffee break and can be used as a verb or noun. The Swedish Art of Fika: Coffee, Cake & Catch-ups. ![]() The book is loaded with cookie, cake and bread recipes developed from both our Swedish heritage. A: Fika is essentially the Swedish coffee break. Fika : the art of the Swedish coffee break, with recipes for pastries, breads, and other treats. It’s a celebration of Fika, the coffee break that Swedes do daily: either at work, at home, in a cafes, on the train or during a walk in the woods. Fika, usually taken around 11 am and always with a pastry or other snack, is an opportunity to step back from your day, and take stock. Breaking news: Fika – The Art of The Swedish Coffee Break by Anna Brones and Johanna Kindvall will be in the bookstores April 2015. Books by Brones Anna Kindvall Johanna Fika: The Art of The Swedish Coffee Break, with Recipes for Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats 9781607745860 Ten Speed.
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